Garden

Lately I have been spending my free time sprucing up my front yard garden. We had to get a tree stump removed in order to complete my vision. The flowers are from Lowes and Orchard. The bench, pillows, and table are from World Market. The two blue pots were purchased from Home Goods.

Pavers were added under the table and under the each leg of the bench to make sure everything will last as long as possible. 

We also added some grass seeds to fill in the dirt where the stump was removed. Because a tree was there before there wasn't much grass to speak of to begin with.

The only thing I have left to get is a bench cover, everywhere around me is out of stock, so I have to order one online.

USC Bricks

Just finished these USC bricks for a friend. It was a bit challenging getting the size to be so small and fit both of the charts that needed to go on it. Both of the charts I came up with myself on http://knittingpattern.p-jansson.com/. It was a really helpful chart maker, and after looking at a bunch, the one I liked most. Once I had the dimensions of the charts I came up with the rest of the pattern myself. After all of the pieces were made, I stitched them onto this plastic mesh I bought at Joann's in the needlepoint section. Then I stitched them together how I would normally stitch any knitting project. The only thing I would do differently would be to make maybe one more row around the whole project, then I did to make for better seaming. I made just enough to fit onto the mesh instead of having a little extra hanging off the edge of the mesh. If i had a little extra the seams could be a little smaller, less noticeable. Here are some pics of my work

Here is the chart I made for the USC logo.